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lahp
[from lap]
'anything put on or adjusted, medicinal
poultice or plaster, article of clothing'
lahp tu uk'ab 'poultice
on the arm'
lahp chebir umen e la'p 'poultice made of fat'
lahp tor upouh che'k 'poultice
on an ulcer'
lahpib 'poultice
twine, poultice'
lahpib tuunuk 'poultice
on one's neck'
lahb 'a patting, a rubbing; ? palm of hand'
lahba' [lahp'-pa'] 'tortilla-making'
lahb xu'r 'flute
playing'
ah lahb xu'r 'flute
player'
lahb tu'n 'playing
of the tun drum'
ah lahb tu'n 'tun
drummer'
lahba 'pat or
rub with the palms, touch, massage, erase' [cl.2]
lahba ubah 'massage
one's body'
lahba e xu'r 'play
the flute'
lahba e pa' 'shape
tortillas (for baking)'
lahba u hor e tz'i' 'pat
a dog's head'
lahba u k'ab 'rub one's
palms together'
lahba umen uk'ab 'massage
or rub with the hands'
lahba e tun 'beat
the tun drum'
lahbah 'rub
palms together, pat one's hands, play a flute'[cl.3]
lahbaar 'patting
or rubbing of the palms; playing of drum or flute'
lahch [from lach] 'groove, scratch, line, stripe'
lahchem 'scratched'
lahchemir 'scratch,
mark left by a scratch'
lahchi 'scratch
with nail or claw' [cl.2]
lahchi ubah 'to
scratch oneself'
lahchi unuk' lahchi
unuk 'he scratches his neck'
lahchbah 'scratch
oneself' [cl.3]
in lahchbah tia' insaran 'I scratch when I itch'
lahchbir 'scratched,
grooved'
lahchbir uut 'his
face scratched'
lahtz 'narrow, narrow part (of a thing), narrow place (as in
a stream)'
ulahtzir ha' 'narrow
place in a stream'
inlahtz 'narrow'
lahtzar 'narrow
place, narrow part, narrowness'
lahtzir 'narrow'
lahtzbah 'narrow
itself, get narrow' [cl.3]
p. 512
lahtzran 'be
narrow, narrow itself' [cl.3]
lahtzres 'make
narrow, narrow down, constrict' [cl.2a]
lap 'a
putting in, an adjusting, an arranging'
lap buhk 'one's
dressing, wearing of clothes'
lap tzutz 'doing
up the hair'
lapi 'arrange or adjust with the hands' [cl.1]
lapi u tzutz 'arrange
or do up the hair'
lapi u xanab 'put
on one's sandals'
labi u buhk 'dress,
wear clothes'
labi u bitor 'put
on a hat, wear a hat'
iinxin u mani inte' niwex
tua' inlapi 'I am going to buy (my) trousers to wear'
ha'xir ulapi kalan ubuhk 'he
wears attractive clothes'
ma'chi uk'ani inlapi xe bitor
yaha' 'I
do not want to wear this hat'
lauhwi 'large
leaf, any plant with a single large leaf'
lauhwi k'opot 'hoja
grande (small wild single-leafed plant)'
lauh xu 'lettuce'
lau xu ha' 'lechuga
del rio (wild lettuce-like plant)'
lah 'fatigue'
lahan 'be tired, tired' [cl.3]
nen lahanen 'I
was tired'
inlahan 'I
am tired'
lahbu 'cause to tire, overwork (as to overwork an
animal)' [cl.2]
la'ht' [from la't']
'load, anything carried or supported'
la'b 'grease, fat flesh or meat, salve, ointment'
u la'bir chumpi' 'turkey
fat'
u la'bir chitam 'hog
fat'
la'b te' 'balsam
(large wild L. tree)'
la'bar 'salve,
ointment'
la'bran 'be
greasy' [cl.3]
la'r 'come! [imp. of tar]'
la't' 'support, corner post, supporting timber'
inte' ula't'ir e yotot 'one
of corner posts of house'
la't'ar 'carried,
supported (usually in hands), carried load'
p. 513
la't'i 'carry
upright, support, hold up' [cl.1]
la'ti'i e yotot 'support
the house (said of the corner posts)'
inla't'i e chiki' ta ni
k'ab 'I
carry the basket in my hands'
la't'bir 'carried,
supported'
lehb [from lep'] 'anything patted with fingers, palms'
lehtz [h- inferred form of letz] 'anything climbed up, pole,
ladder, stairway'
lehtzib 'belt
used in climbing trees, stirrup'
leoh, le leoh [Sp.
corr; syn for ch'oj]
leb 'drum,
pat, beat'
leb xu'r 'flute-playing'
ah leb xu'r 'flute-player'
leb tu'n 'beating
of the tun drum'
lebe 'drum or pat with the fingers' [cl.1]
lebe e xu'r 'play
the clay flute'
lebe uhor e tz'i' 'pat
a dog's head'
lebu uut uk'ab lepu
uut uq'ap' 'pat the palms together'
lebuh 'play the flute or drum'
lebuaar 'playing
of the flute or drum'
ah lebuaar 'player
of flute or drum'
letz 'a going up, a climbing' ut uletz ton uyotot
'his climb over his house
(to repair the roof)'
letze 'climb up, mount' [cl.1]
letze ete' 'climb
a tree'
letze inte' chih lece
inte' chij 'mount a mule'
letze inte' ch'akar te' 'climb
a notched pine'
liklik [syun
for rikrik]
lohx [from
lox] 'bruise, hurt, mark (caused by a
fist blow)'
lohx tuut 'fist
mark or bruise on one's face'
lohch [from loch]
'anything bent, flexed, or done up; flexed
part
of body, flex'
lohtz [from loc] 'anything wrinkled or crumpled, wrinkle,
crumple'
lor 'shade,
shadow, dark spot'
lori 'shade' [cl.1]
e te' ulori e kahwe 'the tree shades the coffee (plants)'
p. 514
lorom
'shader, umbrella, roof
of shed, shading, sombrerillo (wild herb with fleshy leaves)'
lorom te' 'any
shade tree'
lox 'blow
or strike with fist ? fist'
lox uyahk'een inte'
uloxir uyahq'een inte' uloxir
'eh gave me a fist blow'
loxi 'strike with fist, punch out' [cl.1]
loxi tuuk'ab 'a
strike with hand or fist'
u loxi niweh u
loxi niwej 'he knocks out my tooth'
ah loxi ta nik'ab 'I
strike with my fist'
loxbir 'struck,
knocked out'
uyeh loxbir 'his
tooth knocked out'
loch 'bend, flex, bow, fold, arc'
lochi 'bend, flex, fold up' [cl.1]
lochi uyok 'flex
the legs (as of a corpse at burial)'
lochi ubuhk 'do
up one's clothes'
lochi e ch'ok te' 'bend
a sapling down (as a hunter does)'
lochir 'bent,
flexed'
lochbir uyok 'its
legs flexed (as a corpse)'
lochbir u k'ab te' 'its'
bent branch'
lochbir ubuhk 'his
done-up clothes'
lochran 'be
bent or flexed' [cl.3]
lochres 'cause
to bend or flex' [cl.2a]
lotz 'wrinkle, frown, corrugation'
lotz uut 'face
wrinkle'
lotzi 'wrinkle, corrugate' [cl.1]
lotzi uut 'wrinkle one's
face'
lotzi unak'uut lotzi
una'k'uut 'squint one's eyes'
lotzoh 'wrinkle
one's face, frown, squint' [cl.3]
lotzoohut [locoh
uhut] 'wrinkled face, face of aged
person'
ma'chi in na'ta tuk'ot war
alotzoh 'I don't know why he is frowning'
lotzor 'wrinkled,
wrinkle'
lo' 'loose,
slack, dangling'
lo'on 'long, extended, stretched, unloosed'
lo'onon 'be
stretched or extended, prolong' [cl.3]
lo'ob [lo'-op'] 'slackness, looseness'
p. 515
lo'obah 'become
slack or loose (as a taut rope), loosen up' [cl.3]
lo'or [lo'-or]
'slackness, slack or loose condition'
ulo'orir e ch'an 'the
slackness of the rope, the slack part of the rope'
lo'oran 'be
slack, be loose, get slack' [cl.3]
war alo'oran 'it
is loosening, it is growing slack'
lo'ores 'slacken,
loosen' [cl.2a]
lo'ores e ch'an tuunak e
chih lo'ores
e ch'an tuunak e ch'ij 'loosen the
rope on a horse's neck'
lo' ch'och'oh 'kept
in a bent or flexed position, growing bent or flexed'
lo' ch'och'oh u yok 'bowlegged'
lo' ch'och'oh u pat 'swaybacked,
stopped'
lo' ch'och'oh u k'ab' 'one's
arm flexed (as in a sling)'
lo'ht' [from lo't']
'anything crushed or flattened, crushed food, crush in an object'
lo'hch' [from
lo'ch'] 'anything held in the hand,
handful'
lohoch' 'handful
[num. class.]'
cha lohch' 'two
handfuls of'
lok' lo'k' [?
lo'-ok'] 'leaving, departure (salida),
a coming up or out, escape'
ulok'ir ulo'k'ir 'his departure, his escape, its coming out'
lok' unak 'movement
of one's bowels'
lok'es lo'k'es 'throw out, expel' [cl.2]
lok'esbir 'thrown
out'
ne'n lok'esbiren ta cárcel 'I
am thrown out of the jail'
lok'ib 'escape
hole'
u lok'ib e putz'
'smoke flue (four holes
at top of clay wall thru which fireplace smoke escapes)'
lok'nak, lok'nakir [nak
: stomach] 'bowel movement'
lok' ch'ich'er [ch'ich'er
: blood] 'menstruation'
lok' tzutz 'falling
hair, loss of hair'
lok' yeh [ej
: tooth] 'teething'
ulok' yeir 'one's
teething'
p. 516
lok'oih 'leave,
go away, come out (as from the body), result' [cl.3]
lok'oih u yarar u ti' 'drivel
at the mouth'
a lok'oih u nak 'his
bowels move'
a lok'oih uyeh 'he
teethes'
inte' sitz' look'oih
uyeh inte'
sic' look'oih uyej 'teething boy'
lok'oih ta cárcel 'escape
from jail'
war alok'oih ubon ubah 'her
placenta is coming out'
lok'oih u tzutz 'his
hair falls out ?????????'
ulok'oih uch'ich'er 'he bleeds, she menstruates'
ulok'oih u burich 'he
sweats'
ulok'oih e ha' tuuyaak 'the
water drips from his tongue (said of a dog)'
war a ulok'oih tuuni' 'his
nose is running' alok'oih bamban 'it
turns out well'
alok'oih kocheira tuno'r e
k'in 'it
happens thus every day'
lok'bir 'vacated,
gone away, escaped'
lok'bir u tzutz 'bald-headed,
hairless'
lok'bir u k'ahk' 'fireless
(as a cold fire-place)'
lok'bir uyeh 'toothless'
lok'bir uyobor 'leafless'
lok'bir uyutir 'fruitless
(as a dying tree)'
lok'se 'pull
out, force or take out, take or carry away, induce to come out' [cl.2]
lok'se u bon ubah 'expel
the placenta'
lok'se e ubi' tuubah 'expel
worms from the body'
lok'se e ik'ar 'expel
an aigre'
lok'se e tuunak 'expel
a frog from the stomach'
lok'se uch'ich'er 'bleed
the body, induce menstruation'
lok'se inte' uyeh 'pull
a tooth'
lok'se uburich 'induce
perspiration'
lok'se uburer 'take
out or reduce a fever'
pichi uyok tua' ulok'se e
ch'o'k 'pierce one's foot in order to
extract a (parasitic) worm'
lok'se e chab 'rob
a beehive'
lok'se u ut 'take
on the appearance of'
lok'se u ut kocha xeen te'
ixik 'take
on the appearance of another woman (as Siguanaba is
said to do)'
lok'sebir 'taken
out, expelled'
lok'sebir uyeh 'one
pulled tooth'
lot' lo't' 'a
crushing, a flattening'
lot' bu'ur 'crushing
of boiled beans (with the hands into a paste)'
lot'i 'crush
or flatten with the hands' [cl.1]
lot'i e bu'ur 'crush
(boiled) beans'
lot'i uyutir 'crush
fruit'
lot'or 'crushed,
flat, crushed object'
lot'bah 'crush
or flatten of itself, flatten out' [cl.3]
loch' lo'ch'
'holding onto, hold, fist'
loch' k'ab 'fist'
ut niloch' k'ab 'my
fist'
loch'i 'hold
tightly in the hand, hold onto' [cl.1]
loch'i u k'ab 'make
a fist of the hand'
in loch'i e te' ta
nik'ab 'I hold the stick in my hand'
p. 517
loch'bir 'held,
gripped'
loch'bir uk'ab 'fist,
one's fist'
luhp [from lup] 'scum, froth, anything dipped off a liquid'
luhpib 'dipper,
spoon, ladle, skimmer'
luhpib e chay 'basket
for fishing (used by women)'
luhpib e ruch 'gourd
dipper'
luhpib e chab 'cane-juice
dipper (large gourd with handle used for dipping juice from
the boiling vats)'
luhpib tak'in luhpip'.ta'k'in 'spoon (of metal)'
luhk' luhq' 'limp,
sag, limping'
uluhk'ir 'one's
limp'
luhk'ih 'limp'
[cl.3a-1]
luhk'ih axanah 'he
walks with a limp'
luhk'ih in xanah 'I
walk with a limp'
luhk'iaar 'limp'
ah luhk'iaar 'limping
person'
luhk'ir 'limping,
lame'
luhk'ran 'be
lame, get lame' [cl.3]
luhk'res 'cause
a limp or lameness, maim' [cl.2a]
luhx 'swimming, swim'
ut niluhx tor e ha' 'my swim over the stream'
ah luhx 'swimmer'
luhxih 'swim
(not used in reference to fish)' [cl.3]
e tz'i' aluhxih 'the
dog swims'
luhxih e winik 'the
man swims'
luhxiaar 'swimming,
swim'
ah luhxiaar 'swimmer'
luk 'huk'
luk chay 'fish-catching
(with hook and line)'
ah luk chay 'hook-and-line
fisherman'
luki 'hook, catch with a hook' [cl.1]
luki e chay 'catch
fish with hook and line'
lukmah 'angle
with a hook, fish with hook and line' [cl.3c]
iinxin inlukmah 'I
am going to fish (with hook and line)'
k'ani inlukmah ta
nitak'in 'I wish to fish with my hook (and line)'
lukmaar 'hook
and line fishing'
ah lukmaar 'hook
and line fisherman'
lukmaar e chay 'hook
and line fishing'
lukuk 'hook, anything hook-shaped, fishhook'
p. 518
lukuk t'ix 'anzuelo
(wild woody vine)'
lukum 'any long large worm, any small snake'
lukum tama uta' 'worm(s)
in one's excrement'
saksak lukum 'a
large white worm, parasitic stomach or intestinal worm'
chakchak lukum 'long
red earthworm (used in fishing)'
chuchu' lukum 'small
red earthworm'
lukum unak 'tapeworm
(lombriz del estomago)'
lukum uchan 'hookworm'
lukum uut uta' 'a
tiny anal worm'
lukum nakir 'tapeworm'
lukum rum [rum : soil]
'earthworm'
lukum t'et' lukum.t'e't' 'bejuco de lombriz (woody ground vine)'
lukum chan 'angleworm
lombriz de la tierra)'
lukumyan 'wormy'
lum 'earth,
soil, land [used only in compounds; cf. rum]'
lum t'ta', ulum t'a'
'produce, yield of the soil,
products of a region'
lup 'dipping,
scooping up'
lupi 'dip, scoop, dip up and down' [cl.1]
lupi uwe' 'dip
food, eat with spoon or small ladle'
lupi e chay 'fish
with basket'
lupi e ha' 'skim
water or boiling liquid'
lupi e ixim 'wash
boiled maize'
lup ixim [ixim
: maize] 'cleaning of boiled maize (in
running water, and
preparatory to grinding)'
lup we' 'eating
of food with a spoon (instead of with a tortilla)'
lur 'spot,
color'
lurin 'spotted condition, jaundice'
lurin k'opot 'escobilla
negra (wild herb)'
lu'r 'patacón (large tick)'
Dictionary
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09/18/2003